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Book Description
This study examines the role of the courts in the public policy process by analyzing the federal-state conflicts over offshore energy development--known as the Seaweed Rebellion--from the Roosevelt through Clinton administrations. Dr. Edward A. Fitzgerald posits that the courts play an important role interpreting statutes and overseeing administrative actions to ensure "that important legislative purposes, heralded in the halls of Congress, are not lost or misdirected in the vast hallways of the federal bureaucracy." He concludes that the court's interpretations and deference towards executive decisions undermined the important statutory role of the coastal states, decreased environment protection, and has caused a breakdown in the program of outer continental shelf energy development.
About the Author
Edward A. Fitzgerald is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Wright State University. He has published numerous articles on criminal, environmental, and international law and policy. He is also an editor of the Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review.
The Seaweed Rebellion,Edward A. Fitzgerald,Lexington Books,0739102028,Business / Economics / Finance,Energy development,Environmental Conservation & Protection - General,Government - State & Provincial,Law and legislation,Nature,Nature/Ecology,Offshore oil industry,Oil and gas leases,Real Estate - General,United States,Environmentalist thought & ideology,Political Science / State & Local Government,USA
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